- 341. Topband: Poor 160m DX Propagation (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2022 23:05:27 +0100
- I get why many of you in North America may not be active at the moment, if there's now a lot of QRN (let alone risk of lightning strikes) . . . But are the poor RBN reports lately due to high QRN ove
- /archives//html/Topband/2022-04/msg00034.html (7,573 bytes)
- 342. Topband: Activity (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 13 May 2022 11:44:51 +0100
- Well there's a few of us Europeans that still come on 160m most nights . . . but generally there's very little DX activity. (Thought I'd post something as it seems there have been NO posts so far in
- /archives//html/Topband/2022-05/msg00001.html (6,284 bytes)
- 343. Topband: Non-amateur stations in Europe on 1860 and 1900 kHz (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2022 18:59:47 +0100
- Yes these signals are very strong here in Britain . . . they're about 3kHz wide, and are usually S9 +30dB. Someone told me they're from a company that sells Data Transmission to companies that need t
- /archives//html/Topband/2022-09/msg00010.html (7,493 bytes)
- 344. Topband: 160m CW Activity (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2022 12:02:47 +0100
- Having received a couple of emails, I thought it would be worth coming on last night. . . . I was doing a gig in town, so didn't get home until nearly 2.30am (01.30 GMT). I put out a CQ DX call, and
- /archives//html/Topband/2022-09/msg00012.html (6,632 bytes)
- 345. Topband: Working 'long' distances on 160m (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2022 13:22:24 +0100
- I get what you're saying Steve . . . But to me, anything over 2,000 miles I consider DX on 160m . . . considering most stations on Top Band struggle to work stations 1,000 miles away. So I still cons
- /archives//html/Topband/2022-09/msg00019.html (7,459 bytes)
- 346. Topband: 160m CW Activity (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2022 23:06:20 +0100
- Yes, there's no point in blaming FT8 for a decline in CW activity . . . If more people make an effort to come on 160m on CW, there WILL be more activity . . . it's as simple as that! And I get that s
- /archives//html/Topband/2022-10/msg00002.html (6,523 bytes)
- 347. Topband: Conditions (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2022 11:34:07 +0100
- Shame that conditions have been so poor the past week . . . Roger G3YRO _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
- /archives//html/Topband/2022-10/msg00003.html (6,096 bytes)
- 348. Topband: QRM Eliminator (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2022 18:41:49 +0100
- This circuit is clearly MUCH simpler than the MFJ units, which uses matching transformers and has several extra stages. Personally, I would find it annoying that the gain isn't unity through the unit
- /archives//html/Topband/2022-10/msg00015.html (7,783 bytes)
- 349. Topband: Top Band: Stew Perry Contest (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2022 18:24:45 +0100
- Well the poor DX conditions on 160m seem to be persisting . . . I had a listen on the band several times during last night . . . but didn't hear a single DX station (although I did have quite a high
- /archives//html/Topband/2022-10/msg00028.html (7,273 bytes)
- 350. Topband: Terrible Noise Level (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2022 09:22:15 -0500
- I've had an awful noise on 160m for the past 4 weeks, a buzzy hash covering the whole band around S9. So it's been almost impossible to work any DX - apologies if you've called me, and I haven't hear
- /archives//html/Topband/2022-12/msg00008.html (7,526 bytes)
- 351. Topband: ARRL 160 (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2022 10:00:53 -0500
- Well given that several people have posted that conditions were poor, I guess I should be happy that I managed to work 26 NA stations in the hour I spent on the band - even more so as I have this hor
- /archives//html/Topband/2022-12/msg00033.html (8,614 bytes)
- 352. Topband: CW Activity (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2022 10:44:17 -0500
- Well given the comments about lack of DX activity on 160m, I'm going to start the promotion of a Wednesday CW Activity Night again. (I hadn't bothered this Season up til now, due partly to very poor
- /archives//html/Topband/2022-12/msg00052.html (6,698 bytes)
- 353. Topband: Wednesday 160m CW Activity Night (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2022 18:15:07 -0500
- As promised, a reminder . . . A good chance to check things out before the Stew Perry Contest at the weekend. To clarify - this is Wednesday night / Thursday morning. (I personally won't be on till a
- /archives//html/Topband/2022-12/msg00069.html (6,491 bytes)
- 354. Topband: Conditions for Stew Perry Contest (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2022 05:24:17 -0500
- I came on about 4 times during the night, but propagation this side of the pond was really poor. NA Stations that are normally over S9 were around S5 . . . so couldn't hear weaker signals at all. Eve
- /archives//html/Topband/2022-12/msg00075.html (6,525 bytes)
- 355. Topband: Kites? (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2022 19:03:30 -0500
- Back in the 1970s when I lived on the South Coast, a local to me - G3RCE - used to regularly put up a Half Wave vertical on 160m suspended by a Hydrogen-filled Weather balloon. However, unlike a Kite
- /archives//html/Topband/2022-12/msg00109.html (8,155 bytes)
- 356. Topband: Wednesday 160m CW Activity Night (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2022 21:56:56 -0500
- Just another reminder . . . Perhaps DX propagation will be better tomorrow night than in the Stew Perry at the weekend. We can only hope ! Anyway, hope to see some of you on the band. 73 Roger G3YRO
- /archives//html/Topband/2022-12/msg00111.html (6,758 bytes)
- 357. Topband: 160 conditions last night (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2022 12:22:30 -0500
- Good to see the CW activity, thanks to everyone that made the effort to come on last night. I was working late doing a gig, so didn't get home til 0230. Stayed on for half an hour, and worked a few N
- /archives//html/Topband/2022-12/msg00114.html (6,646 bytes)
- 358. Topband: Wednesday 160m CW Activity Night (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2022 16:46:46 -0500
- Sorry to see that so many of you in North America are suffering with horrendous winter weather at the moment. For those of you who can sill get on 160m, hope to see some of you on the band this week.
- /archives//html/Topband/2022-12/msg00142.html (6,921 bytes)
- 359. Topband: DX Conditions still poor (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Sun, 01 Jan 2023 13:09:54 -0500
- Well I've been popping on at odd times over the past couple of weeks . . . But propagation on 160m across the pond has nearly always been really poor . . . according to the usual NA RBN receiving sit
- /archives//html/Topband/2023-01/msg00000.html (6,038 bytes)
- 360. Topband: 1940 kHz intruder WWRU WKDM (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2023 12:20:08 -0500
- Glad you have at lest identified the source of this problem . . . Back in the 70s suddenly a spurious signal appeared on 1880kHz. You could clearly hear that it was two stations from a local BBC AM T
- /archives//html/Topband/2023-01/msg00049.html (6,981 bytes)
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